Pacific Northwest - How did you do in the commute challenge?

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unixpro
06-02-08, 11:00 AM
I got 594.3 miles in the month. I only rode 21/24 days, but it was every day my office was open. I'm not sure where the other 3 days come from. One was Memorial Day, but what were the other two?


HardyWeinberg
06-02-08, 11:08 AM
517 miles. The 2 kids pushed us over 700 for the month. Next year we might do a family team instead of parents w/ their workplaces. I got the kids 'cause my wife's team always wins their categories anyway. (this is not the Group Health thing but a different one running concurrently)

BengeBoy
06-02-08, 11:10 AM
350 miles. Missed a number of days due to schedule conflicts.


mstrpete
06-03-08, 12:00 AM
31 days; 263 miles; 8.5 miles per day.

Quickener
06-03-08, 12:21 AM
31 days; 263 miles; 8.5 miles per day.

Wow - you really ought to take a day off now and then.

16 round trip commutes - 192 miles.

northbend
06-03-08, 06:17 AM
1050 miles. 18 trips, 2 which were to offsite meetings in Renton instead of Bellevue. Wrote about my commute on the Serotta forum w/pics of the route. Pretty nice route.

http://www.serotta.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45861

mstrpete
06-03-08, 10:59 PM
Wow - you really ought to take a day off now and then.

16 round trip commutes - 192 miles.

that's what my wife keeps telling me, too ;) I go to college Monday through Friday; I work Friday night, Saturday day and/or night, and Sunday day and/or night. It's rough at times, but there are many who have it worse. I'm just really focused on getting my AA in Business, then a Bachelor's in Accounting-I'm actually good at something that pays well, who knew?-then on to CPA-land!

I'm taking a break from school this summer, though-after Father's Day, I'm only working weekends for the following two weeks, then I'm going to go on a 4/3 schedule-on four days, off three-and then have a different schedule in the fall! I'm actually pretty burnt right now, and I don't want to repeat this particular grind.

Skyler_WA
06-04-08, 01:53 PM
20 days. 732 miles. I was one of the ten members of the Sterna Paradisaea team which won the mileage competition with 10,073 miles. Six of my teammates had over 1000 miles and two of them were over 1400 miles!
http://www.cbcef.org/contest/btw_report_tripsdaysmiles.cfm?contest=13

Skyler_WA
06-04-08, 01:59 PM
I only rode 21/24 days, but it was every day my office was open. I'm not sure where the other 3 days come from. One was Memorial Day, but what were the other two?

The Group Health Commute Challenge allows you to count up to 5 days per week. To get the maximum 24 days, you would have to ride all four days (Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun) of the first week (May 1 - 4) and then either Monday (Memorial Day) or Saturday of the last week.

northbend
06-04-08, 04:25 PM
Congrats! That's a lot of miles by each member of your team. It was hard to get up and ride some of those days - it felt more like March instead of May alot of the time!

pox
06-04-08, 08:12 PM
.9 miles. Commuted every day from by bedroom to my office down the hall, but my "office manager" wouldn't let me park inside, so I had to lock up in the garage.